| − | '''Lobsters''', like [[insect]]s, are [[arthropod]]s. Their sub-phylum is called Crustacea, because they have a shell. However, their [[nervous system]] is very like that of insects, and [[Maine]] lobster fishermen call them ‘bugs’. Lobsters known from [[fossil]]s, which evolutionists mistakenly insist are 150 million years old, are so similar to today’s lobsters that if one was served for dinner you would not notice the difference.<ref name="corson">The Secret Life of Lobsters, by Trevor Corson, pub. Harper Perennial 2005, ISBN 0060555580</ref> | + | '''Lobsters''', like [[insect]]s, are [[arthropod]]s. Their sub-phylum is called Crustacea, because they have a shell. However, their [[nervous system]] is very like that of insects, and [[Maine]] lobster fishermen call them ‘bugs’. Some lobsters known from [[fossil]] at least 150 million years old, are so similar to today’s lobsters that if one was served for dinner you would not notice the difference.<ref name="corson">The Secret Life of Lobsters, by Trevor Corson, pub. Harper Perennial 2005, ISBN 0060555580</ref> |
| | The best-known lobster is ''Homarus americanus'', but there are about fifty species. Some of them have interesting and unusual names, such as the hunchback locust lobster, the velvet fan lobster, the regal slipper lobster, the marbled mitten lobster, the musical furry lobster, the unicorn lobster, the buffalo blunt-horn lobster, the African spear lobster, the Arabian whip lobster and the rough Spanish lobster. | | The best-known lobster is ''Homarus americanus'', but there are about fifty species. Some of them have interesting and unusual names, such as the hunchback locust lobster, the velvet fan lobster, the regal slipper lobster, the marbled mitten lobster, the musical furry lobster, the unicorn lobster, the buffalo blunt-horn lobster, the African spear lobster, the Arabian whip lobster and the rough Spanish lobster. |